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Hispanic Jurists
Unfairly Brushed Aside

Updated June 17, 1998 12:26 a.m. ET

In his May 29 Potomac Watch column "Supreme Politics: Who Would Replace Justice Stevens? " Paul Gigot dismisses the short list of outstanding Hispanic jurists and attorneys submitted to the White House by the Hispanic National Bar Association.

The HNBA U.S. Supreme Court Short List was developed by two Supreme Court Committees of the HNBA, which conducted a thorough, nationwide search. Over a five-year period, attorneys across the country exhaustively reviewed the judicial opinions, writings and credentials of...